Toe-plate setter



.1. C. REID, JR

TOE PLATE SETTER Feb. 23 1926.

2 Sheets-sheet 1 -Filed May 22, 1924 jizz/ma: James U: Reid, J@

Feb. 23 1926. ,574,443

J`. c. REID, .IR

TOE PLATE SETTER Filed May 22x 1924 2 sheetssheet e jizz/:92222712 James Of Reid, J7:

Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

JAMES ci REID, Jn., or oLEvnLA-Nng. OHIO, AsssNoR To. JAMES BEI-D, sa., on

cLnvnLANn, 01H0,- AND; WILLIAM c.-

TAYLOR,V or.t EfrSTcLE-VELAND; omo.

SETTER'.

AppucaiimfiiedfMay 2.2; 1924. serial N10. 715,125;

To aZZ LQ/2,0m t may convent.:xv

Be it known that I., Jaimes1 RnrDJr a citizen of, the United States, residigoig-l at Glevelhnd, in, the, county of Cuyahoga andV shoemakersf, dealers andx cobblers-- fior', setting. metallic wearing: plates: on. the hottomsfof'rtheI soles ofshoes atv or near the.: toe;

Founding metallic.toe-plbtesinto shoes on.

an ironwl'ast with a handhammer islcrude, andy difficultl to. accomplish without` distortk the plate or bending its prongs, and seldom sets it flush with the sole; Thusthe main object ofl the present` invention is -toprovide convenient, simple and;V eficient,

means for; fastening toe-platesv to shoes in a device fixed. to a table, counter, orl other convenient support, and-,always ready ror use.. Another important object 1s tti-elim,

inate the lost motion, and lateral' and` en dwise play, Which occurs'hetween. the re ciproeating ram-and the last or anvil in existingy machines andoperates against ac-v curate setting of the. toe-plates, and' to; ac complish thiswithout sacrificing thefadvantages of platepressing-meansmade slidahle.

or otherwise movable relatively to, the'last. Also, to provide means 1n connection with the, pressing mechanism. for locking the last in its upright position while the toe-plateis being set; and forl preventing depression of the ram while the last member is tilted to rc.- ccive or discharge a shoe. A further. object .is found inthe gripping device for receiving and holding a. toe-plate inl position beneath the bottom. face of the ram, and its means Fig. 1 is: a. side elevation. of; an. assembled. machine, the dottedi 11nes1,1nd1`c.atmg=thetoepart of a. shoe; upon thelastmember;"

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workmanlikeI manner, firmly and speedily, and embodied 1n aself-contamed dnawings, in.

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InV general arrangement thel device par.-

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upright standard2 to carrythe,pressingT mechanism, anda foiwardly. extending rib i anvil members. plate for screws a 4 table, counter, cular. boss or Holesare made inthe base- 5to secure. the machine to or other support. 6. A cir- 7 projecting forward from the standard 2 is drilled to: receive the inf ner endpof the anvil supporting shaft 8,the outerend ofwhicheXtends through a hole in the; bearing block 4l, so `that the shaft serves as a hinge pin` for the last member. A cotter pin .9; keeps the shaft 8 in place.

The U-shaped last member, or anvil, com prises a blunt-pointed, flat-topped and lanceolate, or trowel-shaped metallic toe last l2() integralr or l-sectioned, andl return-bent gooseneck 1l bent forward, l,ownward and rearward, and merging at itsi lower endl in a horizontal hase har l2. The toe of thevlast-head 10 is preferably provided vwithv a, slightly elevated 13.055. 13,. the tOp-y 0f which: may be filedl or groundinto shape toil assureproper setting of'toe-p latesineither new orwornlsoles, or tosuit otherjconditions ofservice.; The hase bai1 l2 has`V d.pgmdingI froml it va pair of and thefspacinggapart of.y saidl'u'gjsA is shorter pileta4 @1 1 shhesueh; as; indicated byidotted Figs. 5; 6.v sectional, planA views respectively. on linesy f of.

a; merletl indicatesthebaselplate 0fr they machine frame`w.hichf supports an. of I fshraped. cross-section' v l y l terminating in` atransverse hearing. block 4 to. support they withand supported upon a fiat,

hinge-lugs; letandl l5 dniliedfl aline/nent to receive andi scillate P011 theanvl shaft 8 5.

than` the distahe. between the boss: 7 and,

coiled spring lines at 46 in Fig. 1. To facilitate said adjustment laterally projecting ears 16 and 17 are formed on the base-plate 1-3, and the rear hinge-lug 15 is likewise lobed at 18, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 4, so that said projections may be conveniently grasped and the required movement effected by the operators hand. rlhe base and press frame being rigid, and the point where pressure 1s applied to the last 10 being above and between the hinged supports 14 and 15, prevents longitudinal play between the die and last members relatively, such as occurs 1n the absence of this rigidity and direct central bearing. This insures a firm and accurate setting of the toe-plate.

Stop shoulders 19 and 20, best shown in Fig. 4, are formed on the lower edge of the hinge-lug 15 to limit the lateral rocking of the last, or anvil member, by abutting against the girder rib 3. The base-bar 12 is preferably reduced in height at its rear end; and carries here a wing-like stop-lug 21 projecting horizontally rearward and offset to the side, opposite to that in which the'last swings,'in a cylindrical curve substantially concentric with the shaft 8; its median edge 22 being parallel with the said, shaft,vr and adapted to cofoperate with the stop 19V and locking means hereinafter described to hold the last member in its upright'position.

Above and adjacent tothe wing 21 a bearing lug 23 juts out from the standard 2, from which point the standard rises vertically at its front, and sup-ports a pressure head 24 bracketed out therefrom to overhang the last nose 13, and provided with a bearing in which a ram or plunger 25 may reciprocate vertically Means for reti-acting and normally supporting the ram at the top' of its stroke comprise a rod 26 vertically disposed in bearing holes through the head bracket 24 and lug 23, with its upper end 27 bent at right angles 'and inserted in an aperture drilled horizontally part way through the ram 25 near its top; and a 28 encircling said rod and compressed between the lug 23 and a stoppin 29 fixed to the rod. Another stop-pin 3() abuts against the bottom of the bracket 24 to limit the upward travel of the rod and ram; but stop collars may be substituted in place of the pins 29 and 30 if desired.

Then the ram 25 is depressed the lower endv of the retractor rod 26 is projected beneath the lug 23, and interlocks with the edge 22 of the stop-wing 21, so that the last member 10 cannot be tilted from its upright position while'a toe-plate is being set. But should the last member be inclined, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, or ,merely tilted ay little from its normal operative position, then the upper face of the stop-wing-21 is` interposed beneath the rod 26, and prevents.

depfeSOn oftheram mechanism. Thus a.

toe-plate cannot be driven without locking the last in its upright position.

For depressing the ram 25 Various known devices are more or less adaptable; but a simple hand-lever 31 is preferred, having a curved cam surface at 32 eccentric or involute to its fulcrum pin 33, and mounted between branches 34 of a forked standard rising from the head bracket 24. The pin 33 is set somewhat forward of the aXis of the ram 25, and the head of the ram is engaged by the cam 32, and forced down las the lever 31 is swung backward and downward to the position shown in Fig. 2. A stqp-lug 35 on the lever 31 abuts against a pair of projections 36 on the respective forks 34, and holds the lever poised as in Fig. 1 when the device is at rest.-

The lower end of the ram 25 is chamfered olf somewhat as at 37, and hollowed out to form a die concavity approximately fitting the convex crown of a toe-plate 38. The toeplate shownv herein is circular in contour, as in Fig. 10,and has three prong-like claws o r tangs 39 bent at right angles to the plane of its edges; but oblong, ovoid and other shapes are made, and can be set by this machine without more than slight changes, if required, in the die end of the ram.

The lower part of the ram shaft 25 is turned to 'a smallerl diameter than its body, so that an abrupt shoulder is formed at 40, and a collar 41 is slidably mounted thereon against the thrust of a helical spring 45 in compression between the collar and the said shoulder. Gripping fingers 42 of small spring wire, at least three of them, are fixedly secured in the lower edge of the collar 41, extend downward along and somewhat below the die end of the ram, and terminate in loops 43. Balls, or heads of other shape can be substituted in place of the said loops, but loops are more readily formed and easily adjusted. pair of short pins 44 driven into the ram shaft, one on each side of the front wire finger 42, serve as a stop beneath the slip-collar 41, and keep it from turning on the ram shaft.v l

To operate the device, a toe-plate 33 is pushed up against the die end 37 of the ram, the wires 42 springing easily outward to receive the plate and snapping back to hold it against the die asin Fig. 7. The last member 10 being tilted as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, a shoe 46 is readily slipped over it', whereupon the last. is raised to its upright position, and locked therein by the lower end of the rod 26 directly as the ram begins to be depressed by the hand -lever 31.

As the ram descends the last member "10 to- 12 'may be shifted slightly endwise to prop-- erly place the toe-plate on the sole of the shoe, and then the toe-plate is driven hard -into the sole -as shown in Fig. 8. lVhen the looped ends 43 of the spring lingers strike llO the sole of the shoe 46, they are forced outward by the toe-plate and release it, While the ram descends through the slip-collar tl, thereby compressing the spring 45, Which restores the gripper to its normal position when the ram is retracted.

I further point out and distinctly claim as my inventionl. A toe-plate setter for shoes comprising a retiirn-bentand -laterally oscillable anvil member, and a pressing device having a ram adapted to be reciprocated in opposition to the anvil member, the ram being provid-ed with means for interlocking With the anvil member.

2. A toc-plate setter for shoes comprising a return-bent and laterally oscillable anvil member, a pressing device having a ram adapted to 'be reciprocated in opposition to the anvil member, and a connection to said pressing device adapted to engage said anvil member and to lock the latter on the approach thereto of the ram.

3. A toe-plate setter for shoes comprising a return-bent and laterally oscillable anvil member, a pressing device having a ram adapted to be reciprocated in opposition to the anvil member, a locking member connected with the pressing device, and a stop on the anvil member arranged to intercept said locking member to prevent movement ot the ram except when the anvil member is properly opposed to the ram.

fl. In a toe-plate setter, a pressing device having a vertically reciprocable ram mounted on a standard arising from a base-plate, a last beneath said ram supported upon a return-bent arm rigidly subtended by a horizontally extended base-bar, and a horizontal hinge-pin paralleling and rotatably and slidably connecting the .inse-bar to the base-plate.

5. .In a toe-plate setter, a pressing device having a vertically reciprocable ram mounted on a standard arising from a base-plate, a last beneath said ram, supported upon a return-bent arm a base-bar, a hinge axially parallel to the base-bar permitting lat-eral oscillation of the last on the base-plate, and stops adapted to limit the travel of the last.

6. In a toe-plate setter, a pressing device having a vertically reciprocable ram mounted on a standard arising from a base-plate, a last beneath said ram supported upon a return-bent .arm merged in a base-bar, a horizontal hinge-pin rotatably and slidably connecting the base-bar to the base-plate, a thrust-rod connected with t-he pressing device, and a stop-Wing on said base-bar adapted to intercept the thrust-rod and only permit depression of the rain when the last is at the top of its course.

7. In a toe-plate setter, a return-bent last member laterally oscillable upon a base-- plate, a standard on the base-plate bearing a vertically reciprocable ram overhanging the last member, a thrust-rod mounted ver! tically on the standard and operatively connected at its upper end with the rain, and stop means on said last member adapted to intercept and to interlock With the lower end of said thrust-rod.

8. In a toe-plate setter, a return-bent la st member laterally oscillable upon a baseplate, a standard on the base-plate bearing a vertically reciprocable ram overhanging the last member, a thrust-rod mounted ver-l tically on the standard and operatively connected at its upper end with the ram, a retracting spring on the thrust rod, means for applying power to depress the ram, and a stop-wing on said last member adapted to intercept the thrust-rod and to clear the lat-ter when the last member is directly opposed beneath the ram.

9. In a toe-plate setter, a` last member adapted to receive and support a shoe, a longitudinally reciprocable ram mounted in opposition to the last member and having t-he shank of its driving` end reduced. in diameter to a shoulder, a collar slidable on said ram shank having three or more spring Wire fingers extended lengthwise oi" the ram and terminating in loops normally overlapping the ram end, a pair of stops projecting from the ram shank embracing one of said lingers and limiting longitudinal movement of the collar, and a spring coiled about the ram shank in compression between the collar and said shoulder'.

JAMES C. REID, Jn. 

